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A move to halt condo conversion of Iris Canada’s home

Sana Saleem - April 5, 2017

Housing rights activists are urging the Department of Public Works to halt the proposed condo conversion for the six units at 668-678 Page. The building is...

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She wanted to go home

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - April 2, 2017

she wanted the memories they stole from her the landlords and their high priced lawyers the judge who declared the theft legal the sheriff who was only...

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The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Sana Saleem - March 30, 2017

Iris Canada, 100, sat in a wheelchair looking frail and tired but not without the touch of her impeccable sense of style; yellow blazer,...

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Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Sana Saleem - March 27, 2017

Iris Canada, a centenarian who was evicted from her apartment at 670 Page St. last month, has died. Canada was hospitalized shortly after the...

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Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

Tim Redmond - February 21, 2017

Iris Canada, the 100-year-old woman who was just evicted from her Page Street home, was back in the hospital Tuesday night when a team...

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Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

David Bogachik - February 6, 2017

Peter Owens feels hurt. That’s what he said in the courtroom to Tommi Avicolli Mecca, a tenant-rights activist. Mecca has spent months fighting for...

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Landlord tries to justify evicting 100-year-old

Tommi Avicolli Mecca - October 3, 2016

Iris Canada’s story has been in the media a lot in the past six months, ever since that afternoon in March when her niece,...

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Celebrating a fighter for justice

Tim Redmond - June 9, 2016

More than 400 people, maybe 500, packed the Unitarian Church last night for a memorial celebrating the life of Eileen Hansen, the activist, fighter,...

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Why allowing more housing makes property more expensive

Tim Redmond - May 18, 2016

Fred Sherburn-Zimmer, director of the Housing Rights Committee, stood on the steps of City Hall yesterday morning and explained why allowing the free market...

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Eileen Hansen, fighter for the Good Fight, has died and we all miss her

Tim Redmond - May 6, 2016

San Francisco lost a fighter, a progressive leader, and a friend to many of us April 29 when Eileen Hansen died of cancer. She...

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A move to halt condo conversion of Iris Canada’s home

She wanted to go home

The life and death of Iris Canada, the 100-year-old victim of eviction

Iris Canada dies a month after her eviction

Landlord seizes 100-year-old woman’s possessions

Who wants to evict a 100-year-old?

Landlord tries to justify evicting 100-year-old

Celebrating a fighter for justice

Why allowing more housing makes property more expensive

Eileen Hansen, fighter for the Good Fight, has died and we all miss her

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